CAT 5 Cables

This type of cable is considered the most popular of the twisted pair Ethernet cable types and consists of four pairs of copper wires. The fifth generation twisted pair Ethernet technology can achieve fast speeds of up to 100 Mbps (megabit per second). It is recommended that CAT 5 cables are restricted to a maximum run length of 100 metres.

CAT 6 Cables

This type of cable is known as the sixth generation of the twisted pair Ethernet cabling. It consists of four pairs of copper wires, as with the CAT 5 category. CAT 6, however, makes full use of all four pairs of copper wiring and can achieve speeds of up to 1 Gbps (gigabit per second).

This type of cable also supports Gigabit Ethernet due to its high performance, with an enhanced type available (CAT 6a) that can achieve speeds of up to 10 Gbps. It is recommended that CAT 6 cables be restricted to a maximum run length of 100 metres.

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